• Chicago Tribune, Tuesday, January 4, 2011 11 AM

Investors say the Downers Grove, Ill.-based Sara Lee will be broken up or sold off soon.

The company's stock price is up nearly 50% over the last year, so analyst say the worst thing is for the company to do nothing, at least as far as shareholders go.

The company's price-to-earnings ratio is nearly twice that of competitors, meaning the market is betting for a takeover or sale. If that doesn't happen, the share price will drop. Erin Swanson, with Chicago-based Morningstar: "It's trading at a very high multiple, which implies it's a potential takeout."

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